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    Hi, can i get some info please.
    I am about to start honing for the first time.
    I have on the way , a Shapton 1k/4k/8k/16 & DMT8-325.
    Am i rite in thinking that before i start honing, i need to lap the stones.
    To do this i would mark the stones with a pencil and use my DMT8 in a figure of eight pattern untill all the pencil marks have gone? Or would i just use a back n forth motion with the DMT plate?
    Also should i round off the edges of the stones to prevent chipping?
    Would i do all of this under running water or just wet the stones?
    Thanks untold amounts

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    A combination of back and forth as well as figure 8 motions works well. The stones should be kept wet for this to work well, and it can be done under running water. I chamfered or rounded the side edges on all my stones. It may not make a big difference if you hone carefully, but it does make the side edges less likely to harm the razor if you make a sloppy stroke. As long as you make sure that both the stones and the DMT are really wet, it does not have to be done under running water.
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    If the stones are glass stones, you should be good to go. If they are not a lapping would be good. Rounding the edges is always nice. Figure 8 or back and forth will work. Definitely make sure the stones are wet and I like to use the DMT under running water with the stones I use it with. Helps cut down the sticktion.

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    must say that my shapton gs 16k was very uneven. i had to lap it quite abit
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    Quote Originally Posted by Lynn View Post
    If the stones are glass stones, you should be good to go. If they are not a lapping would be good. Rounding the edges is always nice. Figure 8 or back and forth will work. Definitely make sure the stones are wet and I like to use the DMT under running water with the stones I use it with. Helps cut down the sticktion.

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    Yeh they are the glass ones..
    I will try what i saw online: wet 2 of them and if they stick together without coming apart ,then they are as flat as a flat thing in a flat place
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    Ah, but if there's just not enough water between the stones, they'll stick together mightily and it will be quite a hassle to let them come apart. I even had that when raising a slurry on a Jnat with too little water.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Laurens View Post
    Ah, but if there's just not enough water between the stones, they'll stick together mightily and it will be quite a hassle to let them come apart. I even had that when raising a slurry on a Jnat with too little water.
    so how can u tell if the stones are flat or not?

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    Quote Originally Posted by JOB15 View Post
    so how can u tell if the stones are flat or not?
    best way is to use a sandpaper on a flat hard surface or a dmt plate and draw the lines on the stones and see if all the lines disappears at the same time. i can almost guarantee that the stone is not 100% flat. its nothing you see that easy with the naked eye.
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    Aye, I prefer the pencil marks too. Draw them, lap until gone, draw and lap again to check, then the entire grid should disappear in just a few strokes. And don't be too scared of a not perfectly flat hone, it will still work. Often enough, old second-hand hones are not flat and the previous owners used those successfully.

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    Quote Originally Posted by JOB15 View Post
    so how can u tell if the stones are flat or not?
    Checking with the grid and sandpaper is probably the easiest and cheapest method. I use the largest sheets of wet/dry I can find and tape the sand paper down to and old polished piece of granite countertop I had laying around. Use the motions mentioned above but turn the stone 180 every now and then to ensure a more consistent flattening process. If you have a really flat surface than this may not be a necessary step but it is still good practice!
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